Power and performance: Punk and Metal music in a small southern city
by Horne, Margaret Suzanne Huckett, Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, 2008, 231 pages; 3341217

Abstract:

The performance of Metal and Punk music in Fort Smith, Arkansas has created two distinct music communities that resist anonymity and powerlessness within the larger population in two divergent manners. Metal and Punk communities have their own structures, internal power struggles, and values. They manipulate symbols, and both populations actively work to sustain group cohesiveness.

This work compares and contrasts how Metal and Punk participants use performance as a means of constructing their social realities. It evaluates the differing values, religious affiliations, employment opportunities, and ideologies of the two groups. The importance of place is highlighted throughout the work as an influential factor in the development of both communities.

 
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SchoolUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
SourceDAI/A 69-12, p. , Mar 2009
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsAmerican studies; Cultural anthropology; Folklore; Music
Publication Number3341217
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